The Legends of the Jews, Contents Volume IV

THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS

VOLUME IV

BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS FROM JOSHUA TO ESTHER

BY LOUIS GINZBERG

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN MANUSCRIPT

CONTENTS

I. JOSHUA

The Servant of Moses--Entering the Promised Land--Conquest of the Land--The Sun Obeys Joshua--War with the Armenians--Allotment of the Land.

II. THE JUDGES

The First Judge--Campaigns of Kenas--Othniel--Boaz and Ruth--Deborah--Gideon--Jephthah--Samson--The Crime of the Crime of the Benjamites.

III. SAMUEL AND SAUL

Elkanah and Hannah--The Youth of Samuel--Eli and His Sons--The Activities of Samuel--The Reign of Saul--The Court of Saul.

IV. DAVID

David's Birth and Descent--Anointed King--Encounter with Goliath--Pursued by Saul--Wars--Ahithophel--Joab--David's Piety and His Sin--Absalom's Rebellion--David's Atonement--Visitations--The Death of David--David in Paradise--The Family of David--His Tomb.

V. SOLOMON

Solomon Punishes Joab--The Marriage of Solomon--His Wisdom-- The Queen of Sheba--Solomon Master of the Demons--The Building of the Temple--The Throne of Solomon--The Hippodrome--Lessons in Humility--Asmodeus--Solomon as Beggar--The Court of Solomon.

VI. JUDAH AND ISRAEL

The Division of the Kingdom--Jeroboam--The Two Ahijabs--Asa-- Jehoshaphat and Ahab--Jezebel--Joram of Israel.

VII. ELIJAH

Elijah before His Translation--After His Translation--Censor and Avenger--Intercourse with the Sages--God's Justice Vindicated--Elijah and the Angel of Death--Teacher of the Kabbalah--Forerunner of the Messiah.

VIII. ELISHA AND JONAH

Elisha the Disciple of Elijah--The Shunammite--Gehazi--The Flight of Jonah Jonah in the Whale--The Repentance of Nineveh.

IX. THE LATER KINGS OF JUDAH

Joash--Three Great Prophets--The Two Kingdoms Chastised--Hezekjah--Miracles Wrought for Hezekiah--Manasseh--Josiah and His Successors.

X. THE EXILE

Zedekiah--Jeremiah--Nebuchadnezzar--The Capture of Jerusalem-- The Great Lament--Jeremiah's Journey to Babylon--Transportation of the Captives--The Sons of Moses--Ebedmelech--The Temple Vessels--Baruch--The Tombs of Baruch and Ezekie1--Daniel--The Three Men in the Furnace--Ezekiel Revives the Dead--Nebuchadnezzar a Beast--Hiram--The False Prophets--Daniel's Piety.

XI. THE RETURN OF THE CAPTIVITY

Belshazzar's Feast--Daniel under the Persian Kings--The Grave of Daniel--Zerubbabel--Ezra--The Men of the Great Assembly.

XII. ESTHER

The Feast for the Grandees--The Festivities in Shushan--Vashti's Banquet--The Fate of Vashti--The Follies of Ahasuerus--Mordecai Esther's Beauty and Piety--The Conspiracy Haman the Jew-baiter-- Mordecai's Pride--Casting the Lots--The Denunciation of the Jews--The Decree of Annihilation--Satan Indicts the Jews--The Dream of Mordecai Fulfilled--The Prayer of Esther--Esther Intercedes--The Disturbed Night--The Fall of Haman--The Edict of the King.